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• Can anyone turn streaming music into a real business? – No one’s making big money off streaming music right now. For major tech companies, music is a loss leader. What does that say about music’s digital future? Also Spotify Said Expanding Pandora-Like Web Radio Worldwide • The “iPhone 5S” problem – Because Apple’s release […]
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• Inside Google Street View: From Larry Page’s Car To The Depths Of The Grand Canyon – Fascinating look at how Street View went from being a Stanford experiment to one of Google’s highest-profile products. Also Google to Pay $7M to Settle Wi-Spy Case With More Than 30 U.S. Attorneys General • No Google Glasses […]
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• Samsung’s New Smartphone Will Track Eyes to Scroll Pages – When your eyes hit the bottom of a page on the upcoming Galaxy S 4, it will scroll up to reveal more paragraphs, a source tells the NYTimes’ Bits blog. • White House: It’s Time to Legalize Cellphone Unlocking – The White House sides […]
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• Chinese Army Unit Is Seen as Tied to Hacking Against U.S. and Security firm releases screen capture video of alleged Chinese military hackers at work – A report from the same firm that helped uncover the apparent Chinese hack of the New York Times shows dangerous cyberattacks targeting crucial U.S. business and infrastructure networks […]
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• “Frost” Attack Unlocks Android Phones’ Data By Chilling Their Memory In A Freezer – The hack, which requires physically putting an Android phone in a freezer, takes advantage of the fact that data often remains in memory even if it’s no longer in use. • LG’s 5.5-inch 1080p Optimus G Pro is coming to […]
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• Dell Board Said to Vote Monday Night on $24 Billion LBO – The company could announce today that it is going private. • AOL In Talks To Buy Gdgt, The Consumer Electronics Review Site Started By Former Engadget Founders – Very interesting, because AOL owns Engadget . . . which gdgt founders Ryan Block […]
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• The End of the Web, Computers, and Search as We Know It – The current Web is space-based, but it’s being replaced by a time-based stream of information. • New $1.6 billion supercomputer project will attempt to simulate the human brain – More than 200 researchers and 80 different institutions will participate. • China […]
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• Keeping our users secure – Twitter is hacked, and information for up to 250,000 accounts may have been taken. Those who are affected have had their passwords reset. Twitter says the attack was not the work of amateurs. Also Report: Washington Post was hacked in 2012 • Exclusive: Eric Schmidt Unloads on China in […]
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